Emociones policiales: sentimientos de vulnerabilidad y estrategias para afrontarlos entre policías de Madrid
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2024
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García García, S. (2024). Emociones policiales: sentimientos de vulnerabilidad y estrategias para afrontarlos entre policías de Madrid. Revista de Antropología Social 33 (1), 71-89. https://dx.doi. org/10.5209/raso.95180
Abstract
Los diferentes ámbitos sociales y profesionales conllevan experiencias emocionales específicas ligadas a situaciones interaccionales particulares. En este artículo me propongo analizar el repertorio emocional que experimentan los agentes de Policía. Preguntándome por las experiencias de vulnerabilidad que operan por debajo del poder policial, he revisado los materiales etnográficos procedentes de distintas investigaciones en el campo securitario y policial en Madrid en las que he participado. Entre los hallazgos, desarrollo de un lado las experiencias de vulnerabilidad más comunes en el trabajo policial, las cuales se relacionan con tres tipos de situaciones: de tensión, de presión y de juicio crítico. De otro lado, analizo las diferentes estrategias desplegadas para afrontar esa vulnerabilidad: aquellas que refuerzan el espíritu de Cuerpo y que transmutan las críticas en sentimiento de orgullo policial, y aquellas otras que implican una cierta transformación subjetiva a través de la aproximación a metodologías “blandas” propias del trabajo social y del contacto con referentes académicos.
Various social and professional contexts entail specific emotional experiences linked to particular interactional situations. In this article, I aim to analyze the emotional repertoire experienced by police officers. Exploring the experiences of vulnerability that operate beneath police authority, I have reviewed ethnographic materials from different research studies in the security and Police field in Madrid. Among the findings, I firstly delve into the most common experiences of vulnerability in police work, which are related to three types of situations: tension, pressure, and critical judgment. Secondly, I analyze the different strategies deployed to cope with this vulnerability: those that reinforce the esprit de corps and transform criticisms into feelings of police pride, and those that involve a certain subjective transformation through an approach to “soft” methodologies inherent to social work and engagement with academic references.
Various social and professional contexts entail specific emotional experiences linked to particular interactional situations. In this article, I aim to analyze the emotional repertoire experienced by police officers. Exploring the experiences of vulnerability that operate beneath police authority, I have reviewed ethnographic materials from different research studies in the security and Police field in Madrid. Among the findings, I firstly delve into the most common experiences of vulnerability in police work, which are related to three types of situations: tension, pressure, and critical judgment. Secondly, I analyze the different strategies deployed to cope with this vulnerability: those that reinforce the esprit de corps and transform criticisms into feelings of police pride, and those that involve a certain subjective transformation through an approach to “soft” methodologies inherent to social work and engagement with academic references.
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Este artículo es fruto del proyecto de investigación PID2021-123504NB-I00, liderado por Pedro Oliver Olmo e Ignacio Mendiola Gonzalo, y financiado por el Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación y la Unión Europea.